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By Gary Tasman Season has arrived in Southwest Florida, but like so many other traditions, it doesn’t look quite the same as it did one year ago. While our roads are busier than they were a few months back, our annual winter influx of visitors and residents hasn’t quite reached the levels we saw in […]

By Shawn Stoneburner When the economy takes a tumble, investors immediately start hunting for recession-resistant assets. For the better part of the last 30 years, commercial real estate investors have turned to medical properties, which has been one of the strongest investment performers in our economy, regardless of economic conditions. Even during the global financial

By Gary Tasman and Shawn Stoneburner January 2020 seems like a lifetime ago, and as we think back to the start of the year, before the COVID pandemic changed the world, it’s difficult to recall where we were just 12 months in the past. Commercial property brokers and property investors entered 2020 with a great deal

By Gary Tasman With the holiday season officially here, our minds naturally turn to giving, and the same can be said of companies, who turn their thoughts to “corporate social responsibility,” a somewhat stuffy term we use to describe philanthropic activities and accountability to social or environmental issues. Social responsibility is more than a good

By Shawn Stoneburner More than 100 years ago, our area’s most famous seasonal resident, Thomas Edison, famously said “There is only one Fort Myers, and 90 million people are going to find it out.” Ever since, Southwest Florida has struggled with its own success; we perpetually play catch-up to build infrastructure required to provide jobs

By Shawn Stoneburner With election day now behind us, it’s important to understand how the election results may impact commercial property. A predictable pattern has emerged in the commercial real estate market. As with every election year, we’re facing a high degree of uncertainty about what lies ahead, and that uncertainty typically sparks a “wait

By Gary Tasman Black Friday and the year-end shopping season are right around the corner, and 2020 promises to bring changes to the way we shop for our holiday gifts. Retail had already been undergoing a transformation before the COVID-19 crisis reached our shores, and the pandemic will bring both short and long-term implications to

By Gary Tasman Although it may seem as though time has stood still since early March when the COVID-19 pandemic began impacting our region, Southwest Florida has continued to grow. In fact, data from AtoZ Database indicates that nearly 15,000 people have made Southwest Florida their permanent or primary home in the last six months,

The industrial property segment has been among the top performing asset classes in terms of net occupancy growth, rent growth and capital appreciation over the past several years. As COVID-19 spread across the country, real estate markets across the country have been affected in various ways. However, the industrial asset class seems to endure despite

By Gary Tasman Fort Myers’ River District has been on the cusp of a renaissance for several years. The walkable streets, charming shops, outdoor dining, and plentiful events have drawn visitors back to the city’s once-struggling downtown. This month’s opening of the long-awaited Luminary Hotel & Co. may well represent the tipping point in Fort